Rubeck's Accepted Solutions

Is VT enabled in the ESX host BIOS? /Rubeck
Is the VMware Converter plug-in installed and enabled? /Rubeck
I'm afraid not... Each time hostd crashes, a dump is created for support purposes.. Just watch the directory when something suspect is happning /Rubeck
I would verify that the VLAN is correctly trunked to all pNICs.... If one or more pNICs is missing the VLAN 20, you could experince this as you have no control on what adpater is selected for the... See more...
I would verify that the VLAN is correctly trunked to all pNICs.... If one or more pNICs is missing the VLAN 20, you could experince this as you have no control on what adpater is selected for the VM at power-on. I would check "oberserved IP ranges" for all pNICs to verify that VLAN 20 is seen by all of them... /Rubeck
I think its funny that VMware chose to do hostd dumps in /var/core and not /var/log/core per default...? Considering the default partitioning scheme suggested during initial install...:-) ... See more...
I think its funny that VMware chose to do hostd dumps in /var/core and not /var/log/core per default...? Considering the default partitioning scheme suggested during initial install...:-) /Rubeck
In virtual enviroments I would always use an IP to Serial device.. Examples http://www.digi.com/products/serialservers/ That way you don't lock down a specific VM to a specific Vmware host.. ... See more...
In virtual enviroments I would always use an IP to Serial device.. Examples http://www.digi.com/products/serialservers/ That way you don't lock down a specific VM to a specific Vmware host.. /Rubeck
Hi Beeboop :-9 There's not much you can do, as you can't add your own drivers to ESX..... So you have to live with this until you get a supported NIC.. /Rubeck
Hi Paul.. I know nothing about WSUS, but can you connect if you stop this service(s)? Could be a conflict in trying to listen for connections using the same network ports... ? (espe... See more...
Hi Paul.. I know nothing about WSUS, but can you connect if you stop this service(s)? Could be a conflict in trying to listen for connections using the same network ports... ? (especially TCP 80/443) /Rubeck
Hi Have you tried to switch off HA before entering maint. mode? Just to see if this is what causing it... And you have seen the release notes for U2, right? ... See more...
Hi Have you tried to switch off HA before entering maint. mode? Just to see if this is what causing it... And you have seen the release notes for U2, right? Known issue: Copy /paste from "Virtual Machine Migrations Are Not Recommended When the ESX Server Host Is Entering the Maintenance or Standby Mode No virtual machine migrations will be recommended (or performed, in fully automated mode) off of a host entering maintenance or standby mode, if the VMware HA failover level would be violated after the host enters the requested mode. This restriction applies whether strict HA admission control is enabled or not. " /Rubeck
Ohh... might wanna check this, if you havn't already.. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003212 /Rubeck
If Dell says this, could you have them explain page 10 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_san_guide.pdf , and what Direct Connect Support means? It says that the EMC 3CX-10c supports "Direct Connec... See more...
If Dell says this, could you have them explain page 10 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_san_guide.pdf , and what Direct Connect Support means? It says that the EMC 3CX-10c supports "Direct Connect"... I could ofc be wrong, but I'm puzzled by their answer... /Rubeck
Basically, traffic within the same vSwitch does not enter the physical adapter or network in any way... All traffc stays witin the ESX kernel.. /Rubeck
Set the memory reservation equal to the assigned mem size for the VM... That way no .vswp file is created during Power On.. /Rubeck
Hi Kenneth.. Taken from Edvards article here: http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/301f76dc-05b9-4567-879c-170d01fdda23.html "One source of confusion: when a system is installe... See more...
Hi Kenneth.. Taken from Edvards article here: http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/301f76dc-05b9-4567-879c-170d01fdda23.html "One source of confusion: when a system is installed with Update 2, Update 1 is seen as an update to the system as well as Update 2." bla bla bla... "If you did not use VUM to do the update, then it is confused about the system, and a scan will show issues. Once you remediate the updates, nothing is done on the system, but now VUM is not longer confused. This is something of a split-brained behavior easily corrected." I do not know if this is the exact issue at hand, thoug.. /Rubeck
Use the VI Client datastore bowser and find the .vmx file in the VMs directory on your datastore... Right click and select 'Add to inventory'... /Rubeck
The revision history at HP says: For 8.0a Enhancements Added support for VMware ESX 3.5.0 U1 For 8.1: Enhancements Support for VMware ESX 3.0.3 and VMware ESX 3.5.0 U2 http:... See more...
The revision history at HP says: For 8.0a Enhancements Added support for VMware ESX 3.5.0 U1 For 8.1: Enhancements Support for VMware ESX 3.0.3 and VMware ESX 3.5.0 U2 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=428936&swItem=MTX-62350b0bf98a442fb3c1cb1154&prodNameId=3288114&swEnvOID=2077&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=5 /Rubeck
No that's not a silly Q at all, Ditro... See page 142 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_resource_mgmt.pdf Hope it helps.. /Rubeck
Attach the disk to another Windows VM and then use diskpart.. See http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1324177,00.html /Rubeck
I would create two new VLAN's on the physical switch... One for the Service console, and one for VMkernel, As the maximum number of hosts in a cluster is 32, I would assiign a /25 IP subnet for... See more...
I would create two new VLAN's on the physical switch... One for the Service console, and one for VMkernel, As the maximum number of hosts in a cluster is 32, I would assiign a /25 IP subnet for each cluster. Devide this into two /26 subnets, which leaves 62 hosts addresses for Service Consoles and 62 addressses for VMKernels Configure the physical switchports as trunks (VLAN tagged). Create two vSwitches, vSwitch0 and vSwitch1 Configure two portgroups on vSwitch0, one for the Service Console and one for VMKernel. Set vmnic0 as active and vmnic1 as standby for the Service Console portgroup Set vmnic1 as active and vmnic0 as standby for the VMkernel portgroup. Configure two portgroups on vSwitch1.. One each for your existing VLANs Set both vmnic2 and 3 as active. Thats what I would do.... /Rubeck
Just add an ekstra vHDD to nodes with SCSI ID: SCSI1:0.. ? /Rubeck